deported five times, a legal victory by throwing out the only conviction against him. it was on state gun charges. tonight u.s. attorney s confirming he will face federal charges. let s talk to the u.s. attorney for northern california, david anderson. could have you you with us tonight. thank you, shannon. shannon: let s talk about this. the state board that throughout that gun conviction said it s undisputed that the defendant was holding the gun when it fired but that fact alone does not establish he possessed the gun for more than a moment. to possess the gun the defendant had to know he was holding. his story was he picked up a t-shirt, the gun happened to be wrapped up in there, it fired and killed her. so that the state conviction is out. tell us what he could face now on the federal level. speak on the federal level is charged with two accounts. one is being a felon in possession of a firearm and the others being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and both of these v
ten years imprisonment. shannon: my understanding is that trial is shaping up for january. can you tell us a little bit more about the timeline? the case has been pending now since while he was still under the state charges. he was indicted in federal court in december of last of two years ago and now a trial is set for january. shannon: i want to play something from his attorney, who said this in january of 2018. seeming to imply that these federal charges are political in nature. here s what he said. it s rarely done. the federal government to come back two years later and say by the way, we re going to charge you with federal gun possession because the jury acquitted you or because the president was upset with the verdict. yeah, it s unprecedented. shannon: how do you answer that suggestion? the dash the gun charges that are fired in the northern